From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 1 18:14:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6264C1065712 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:14:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sarawgi.aditya@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31C8A8FC1E for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:14:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sarawgi.aditya@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so3070497rvb.43 for ; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:14:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=/k27TFJmyMYXuOfIvw5HRWmf+Svjs3NkwXh6kpSCbik=; b=KkydHV2GhMGnQJtOcJ5lTPe/8LWQjAgjgVEUX9jEv5vrRZUCa+mgmCgskmpKGXPSZc YesjuqKzjFxvHxpxV2jbala+yRARszrobNOrxoU9VyY0u03G+sSfouD5oUxWJr7qpwWm HkTIG10ZpFrncwtt2mjyEbg8Yn+o+HMwPC7Zw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=nyCoR9pWBmyOqDVjaFLcyL8dBIXUbkNezmH1KI5Z2y6xlzWHIpT6kt+C2fIUiJslQy cvquNvr/z/f8W9zpXyYvuKBiDttypfheE5QyvsYjAUHN8OZt4oE5IqAAJ+GDMYlkwEdI CTMBNAWAe3iFhiQ1xLsI45nQ2zznGYVIrwz8k= Received: by 10.140.134.15 with SMTP id h15mr7443567rvd.156.1243878591564; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:49:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ([121.242.97.136]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k2sm14609146rvb.4.2009.06.01.10.49.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:49:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:49:50 +0530 From: Aditya Sarawgi To: samankaya@netscape.net Message-ID: <4a2414be.02578c0a.7321.13fc@mx.google.com> References: <8CBB0C7E503F8B8-BAC-6135@webmail-md07.sysops.aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8CBB0C7E503F8B8-BAC-6135@webmail-md07.sysops.aol.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to install FreeBSD - need advice on Writable filesystems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:14:52 -0000 On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:01:56AM -0400, samankaya@netscape.net wrote: > Hello all, > > This is my first post and first time on a mailing list for a very long time :) > > I am just about to switch my Debian Linux install over to a dual boot between Solaris Express Community Edition (SXCE) and FreeBSD 7.2. > > Currently my setup is as follows: > > hda1 - ext3 > hdb1 - ext3 Linux root / > hdb2 - ext3 Linux home /home > > Because of the lack of space in my network and the fact that the master IDE drive is 250GB and the slave IDE drive is 160GB I wanted to wipe / on hdb1 and reformat to UFS2 and install FreeBSD. > > However would I be able to then write to UFS of Solaris as I will reformat the master to UFS for SXCE. I read on a forum already that BSD cannot write to ext3 only ext2 and if it did write to ext3 it would be without the journal. So I am not sure if writing to ext3 from BSD is a good idea either? > > The plan though at least is to write to UFS so that I can I can just bounce my data back and forth, so when it comes down to reformatting the ext3 /home partition I won't loose any of my information! > > I do not have a SAN or NAS system or even enough space in my servers for NFS transfer which is why I need to take these measures in the first place..... > > I hope someone has a response for my dilemma - many thanks, > > Kaya > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Yes currently journaling is not supported by ext2fs but you can read & write safely if the inode size of your ext2/ext3 partition is 128. If the inode size is different from 128 (which is common nowdays) then you can use the following patch http://pflog.net/~floyd/ext2fs.diff Cheers, Aditya Sarawgi